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Census for Ireland for the Year 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1911
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IRL_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS
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Language (IE1911A_LANG)

Data file: IRL1911_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 458
End: 459
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Irish language</span><div class="i1">Write the word Irish in this column opposite the name of each person who speaks Irish only, and the words Irish and English opposite the names of those who can speak both languages. In other cases no entry should be made in this column.<br />[] Irish<br />[] Irish and English</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 English
02 Irish
03 Irish and English
05 Welsh and English
06 Scottish
07 Scottish and English
08 French
09 French and English
10 German
11 German and English
13 Norwegian and English
14 Italian
15 Italian and English
16 Other
17 Other and English
97 Cannot speak
99 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the language or languages spoken by the person.
Universe
Ireland 1911: All persons

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